The –s Switch

The –s Switch As with the –A and –a switches, the lowercase –s switch is similar to its uppercase sibling. The nbtstat –s command produces the same output as nbtstat –S except that it tries to resolve remote host IP addresses into host names, if possible. Figure 4.10...

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The –S Switch

The –S Switch You use the -S switch to display the NetBIOS sessions table, which lists all the NetBIOS sessions, incoming and outgoing, to and from the host where you issue the command. The –S switch displays both workstation and server sessions but lists remote addresses...

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The –R Switch

The –R Switch The -R switch is the exception that proves the rule because it has nothing to do with the –r switch. Let’s say that you have a bad name in the NetBIOS name cache but the right name is in the LMHOSTS file. The LMHOSTS file contains NetBIOS names of stations and their associated IP addresses. Also, the cache is consulted before...

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The –r Switch

The –r Switch This switch is probably the most commonly used switch when NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) statistics are checked. The –r switch displays the statistics of how many NetBIOS names have been resolved to TCP/IP addresses. Figure 4.8 shows sample output of the nbtstat...

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